plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
convenient; handy; useful
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
outer wall (e.g. castle); outer block (enclosure); outline; contour
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
residence; abode; dwelling
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
medium-sized city; mid-size city
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to become rustic; to become countrified
inn town; post town; post-station town
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?